CHIT1

Chitinase 1 Q13231 CHIT1_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 1 1q32.1 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 1118
Mutations
590
CL 92 · Tissue 491
Samples
307
CL 56 · Tissue 246
Peptides
203
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
2
isoforms mutated

Stats by Source

Total, split by cell line (COSMIC CL / DepMap / PubMed) vs tissue (COSMIC primary tissue)

How the counts split by source
Stats by Source

Total = all mutations for this gene across every source.

Cell line = COSMIC Cell Lines Project + DepMap + PubMed.

Tissue = COSMIC primary-tissue (patient tumour) samples.

Total can exceed cell line + tissue: COSMIC tissue-derived models sit only in global, and a peptide can be shared across both.

TotalCell lineTissue
Mutations59092491
Samples30756246
Peptides20330177

Function

CHIT1 · Chitinase 1

Chitotriosidase is secreted by activated human macrophages and is markedly elevated in plasma of Gaucher disease patients. The expression of chitotriosidase occurs only at a late stage of differentiation of monocytes to activated macrophages in culture. Human macrophages can synthesize a functional chitotriosidase, a highly conserved enzyme with a strongly regulated expression. This enzyme may play a role in the degradation of chitin-containing pathogens. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2012].

Isoforms & Proteins

2 transcripts · UniProt mapping is sequence-verified (AA-safe)

About the isoform mapping
Isoforms & Proteins

Each Ensembl transcript (ENST) this gene is mutated on, with its matched UniProt accession.

The mapping is sequence-verified: the UniProt sequence is identical to the transcript translation, so amino-acid positions line up exactly. A * marks an unreviewed (TrEMBL) entry.

Counts are mutations and unique mutant peptides on each transcript.

TranscriptUniProtMutationsPeptides
ENST00000367229 Q13231 318 194
ENST00000255427 Q13231-4 272 177

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
1
Cytoband
1q32.1
Entrez ID
Aliases
CHI3CHITCHITD

Recurrent Mutations

All 194 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000367229 · needle height = samples · drag the mini-map to zoom

What this lollipop shows
Recurrent Mutations

A lollipop / needle plot – the standard way to show recurrent mutations along a protein (as used by cBioPortal and MutationMapper).

X-axis = amino-acid position in the protein.

Needle height & head size = how often that exact amino-acid change was observed (its recurrence). Tall/large heads are mutational hotspots.

The most recurrent changes are labelled; hover any needle for the change, position and counts.

Mutation frequency across cancer types

% of samples with a missense/complex mutation in CHIT1 · cell line vs tissue

How this frequency is counted
Cancer-type mutation frequency

For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in CHIT1 – counted as distinct samples (a sample counts once no matter how many mutations it has).

Split into cell line and tissue; each cell shows mutated / total and the percentage. Cohorts with <20 samples are omitted. Ordered by combined frequency.

Cancer typeCell linesTissue samples
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
2/40 5%
0/0 0%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
3/133 2%
Endometrial Carcinoma
0/42 0%
13/612 2%
Burkitts Lymphoma
3/32 9%
1/196 1%
Melanoma
5/210 2%
32/1899 2%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
9/304 3%
19/1390 1%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
2/57 4%
12/810 1%
Other Solid Cancers
1/94 1%
20/1515 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
5/143 4%
33/3239 1%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
1/90 1%
0/0 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
2/74 3%
17/1809 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
1/58 2%
9/956 1%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
1/154 1%
6/577 1%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
7/752 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
2/44 5%
1/305 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
13/1592 1%
Other Sarcomas
4/69 6%
1/699 0%
Ewings Sarcoma
2/63 3%
0/262 0%
Germ Cell Tumour
0/25 0%
1/169 1%
Mesothelioma
1/62 2%
0/165 0%
Kidney Carcinoma
2/85 2%
6/1862 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
3/769 0%
Breast Carcinoma
4/144 3%
9/3264 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
1/13 8%
7/2105 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
0/89 0%
6/1611 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
0/51 0%
9/2550 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
3/950 0%
Neuroblastoma
2/87 2%
2/1331 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
3/109 3%
0/998 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
1/422 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where CHIT1 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in CHIT1 were found in each tissue, across the whole database.

Each bar is a tissue (cell-line and tissue names are merged to the standard tissue), split into cell line and tissue (patient tumour) contributions.

This shows the cancer-context where this gene is recurrently altered.

GTEx Expression

Median TPM across 53 healthy tissues

GTEx Portal ↗
About the expression data
GTEx Expression

Median gene expression (TPM) in normal, non-cancer human tissues from the GTEx project.

Useful for judging tumour specificity – a strong neoantigen target ideally comes from a gene with low expression in healthy tissues.

Scroll or drag the mini-axis below the chart to browse all tissues.

Mutations

All 590 mutations in CHIT1

About the mutation list
Mutations

Every mutation record for this gene, across all samples and sources.

The Sample column links to the cell line (cell-line samples) or the tissue type (tissue samples).

Use the Type / Source filters, the search box, and column sorting to explore; each CAN-IMMUNE ID opens the full mutation & peptide view.

IDSampleTranscriptAA Change CDSTypeSourceMutant PeptideWild-type Peptide